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Heat Wave

19906.2 / 10100 min
History, Drama, TV Movie

Overview

The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

Cast

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan

Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett

Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Michael Greene

Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield

Charlie Korsmo

Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)

T.E. Russell

T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

Stephanie Covington

Stephanie Covington

Florence Blake

Janice McElroy

Janice McElroy

Rachel Freeman

Christopher M. Brown

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

Emily Yancy

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

Roger Grato III

Roger Grato III

Jason (age 6)

Marilyn Coleman

Marilyn Coleman

Cora

Bebe Drake

Bebe Drake

Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston

Officer Zekanis

Randy Kirby

Randy Kirby

Lt. Keyes

Pepper Sweeney

Pepper Sweeney

Spook Hunter

Crew

Klexius Kolby

Klexius Kolby

Makeup Artist

Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

Director

Robi Reed

Robi Reed

Casting

Kathleen M. McKernin

Kathleen M. McKernin

Art Direction

Jane Prosnit

Jane Prosnit

Production Coordinator

Michael Lazarou

Michael Lazarou

Writer

Brad R. Loman

Brad R. Loman

Costume Design

Debra Neil-Fisher

Debra Neil-Fisher

Editor

Lyn Matsuda Norton

Lyn Matsuda Norton

Script Supervisor

Russell Williams II

Russell Williams II

Sound mixer

Mark Irwin

Mark Irwin

Director of Photography

Kevin Spears

Kevin Spears

Supervising Sound Editor

Jophery C. Brown

Jophery C. Brown

Stunt Coordinator

Richard Hoover

Richard Hoover

Production Design

Donna Stamps

Donna Stamps

Set Decoration

Barbara Amato

Barbara Amato

Script Supervisor

Michael Herbick

Michael Herbick

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald O. Mitchell

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman

Original Music Composer

Ron Horwitz

Ron Horwitz

Supervising Sound Editor

George Budd

George Budd

Music Editor

Danny Feld

Danny Feld

Still Photographer

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Albert Aquino

Albert Aquino

Boom Operator

Doug Coleman

Doug Coleman

Stunts

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Executive Producer